Raytheon has been awarded two contracts totalling $241.8 million to overhaul and upgrade 34 Phalanx weapon systems for the US and Royal Australian Navies. Raytheon will also build 12 land-based Phalanx weapon systems for the US Army and provide hardware for all three services under the agreements.
Phalanx is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar and 20mm gun system that automatically acquires, tracks and destroys enemy targets. More than 850 sea-based systems have been built and deployed across the navies of 25 nations.
Kevin Peppe, Raytheon's CIWS systems director, says: “Phalanx is a critical element in the ship self-defence role. LPWS has the proven capability to defeat in-coming threats while they are still airborne, providing unequalled protection to forces and civilians on the ground.”
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Source: Flight Daily News
